Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
Our leading theories of how your brain really works
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Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
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Narrated by:
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Patrick House
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Taylor Clarke-Hill
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By:
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Patrick House
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An overview of modern consciousness research and how our brain works.
A concise, elegant, and thought-provoking exploration of the mystery of consciousness and the functioning of the brain.
Despite decades of research, remarkable imagery, and insights from a range of scientific and medical disciplines, the human brain remains largely unexplored. Consciousness has eluded explanation.
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness offers a brilliant overview of the state of modern consciousness research in twenty brief, revealing chapters. Neuroscientist and author Patrick House describes complex concepts in accessible terms, weaving brain science, technology, gaming, analogy, and philosophy into a tapestry that illuminates how the brain works and what enables consciousness. This remarkable book fosters a sense of mystery and wonder about the strangeness of the relationship between our inner selves and our environment.
©2020 Patrick House (P)2020 Macmillan AudioThe performance is ok. I’m a harsh marker, so take that for what you will. I just think that there are some passages that the narrator didn’t quite get the point, and so didn’t emphasise where he should have. It’s a hard job and I’m not convinced I could do better, but it does impact the performance.
The only idea I’d humbly push back on is that House asserts that the Anna is incorrect when she says that “horses are funny” or “ you’re all so funny, just standing around”. The more I think about it, the more I agree with Anna. Horses are funny. We’ve just forgotten how funny they are. And what’s funnier than a room full of people in gowns and masks fretting over a girl with her brain exposed? I come to the conclusion that House is right, but really Anna is also right. Consciousness is so weird. House, thank you for writing this book.
This book probably expands my brain
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